[ He inspects it for a moment. He does remember those falling, though at the time he felt them more than he saw them. ]

Yes. I remember those. [ He raises his head, eyes glowing red through the mask's eyeslits as he spreads out his awareness and ignores the clash of confusing lights and sounds that the child beside him is.

Those hourglasses would be something that feels and sounds like her. He senses nothing like that - at least, not scattered like she'd said they were. There isn't much he can't sense within this place, which means... ]

Someone has already collected them. [ He shrugs. It can't be Vanessa, who never leaves her manor these days. So there's only one person it is. ] He claims everything that strays into this forest as his. You will have to bargain with him to get them back.